bug#44010: Per-compilation C files

2020-10-15 Thread Reuben Thomas via Bug reports for Automake
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 22:09, Karl Berry wrote: > > I found some long-ago patches (not for this particular issue) from a > previous contributor (Daniel Espinosa), which surely worked at the time > they were written, but now break things. And Daniel stopped replying to > my mail. Sorry to be so va

bug#44010: Per-compilation C files

2020-10-15 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Reuben, > Note that currently, you cannot use per-target ø*_VALAFLAGSù (*note > Renamed Objects::) to produce different C files from one Vala source > file. Glad you found that. Unfortunately I have no meaningful clue about Vala. So I can install patches but that's about it. Sorry

bug#44010: Per-compilation C files

2020-10-15 Thread Reuben Thomas via Bug reports for Automake
I'm sorry, I see this question is covered in the manual: Note that currently, you cannot use per-target ‘*_VALAFLAGS’ (*note > Renamed Objects::) to produce different C files from one Vala source > file. > Feel free to close this issue!

bug#44010: Per-compilation C files

2020-10-15 Thread Reuben Thomas via Bug reports for Automake
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 13:06, Reuben Thomas wrote: > I've recently started using automake with Vala; it works very well! I'm > particularly impressed that the "make dist" rules include the C files, so > that the builder doesn't need a Vala compiler. > > There's one nit: I want to make multiple .c

bug#44011: Improvements to contrib/README

2020-10-15 Thread Reuben Thomas via Bug reports for Automake
I attach a patch relative to current git that improves contrib/README. -- https://rrt.sc3d.org From 759746989cc75c2a929c09b28226d9be18d64a21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reuben Thomas Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:11:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] contrib/README: fix and clarify the English --- contr

bug#44010: Per-compilation C files

2020-10-15 Thread Reuben Thomas via Bug reports for Automake
I've recently started using automake with Vala; it works very well! I'm particularly impressed that the "make dist" rules include the C files, so that the builder doesn't need a Vala compiler. There's one nit: I want to make multiple .c files from the same .vala file, analogous to the way that you